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Thanks GG194. Yup, bought LSW, read it...yup getting close to the green...understand the concept Trolling...nope...just commenting on the little green book Laying back...got the concept...if your going to lay up...then lay up...don't hit into the trouble you know you can't get past BTW...this site is so very welcoming Enjoy the winter

Starting Mr. P's green book. End of season winter reading has started. Always find a nugget per read I didn't bond with before. So far, its the comments on Laying Up. Us amateurs try to get as close as we can, take too much club, and roll on in. Gotta lay back. Been trying to lay back when I know its a 1 in a 100 shot. I'm not a risk taker and the lay up fits my personality

I have not been fitted and started out with a Wilson putter in a starter set. After two or three years started going to a local golf town and would putt for an hour on Sundays, in winter, almost every week. My putting got much better. I tried every left hand putter in the store until I discovered a comfort letter with any mallet style, 34 inch with an offset. It just felt more comfortable and fit my eye. Been using a Monte Carlo ghost for quite some time. Putting seems very unique to the individual and doesn't require much athletic ability, just a bit of practice.

I bought LSW. Along with Harvey Pennicks books, Hogans books thats all I read, every winter. Those books have taught me: Spending some time on short game is the fastest way to shave some shots off your game. Don't need to be a professional athlete to putt or pitch/chip adequately. Not to follow a bad shot (we all make them) with a stupid shot to try and compensate for the bad shot. Course management;Hero shots do not lower scores. Shoot to your safe shot shape Full swing distance is all important. Thirty yards closer to the cup is thirty yards closer to the cup. times 18. That will save you the most strokes Just my two cents

A friend of ours, son, just came out of an induced coma. 9 weeks. He contracted Covid before he had a chance to get vaccinated. Bad timing for him. 49 years old , A third degree practicing black belt (Kyokashin 1)and one of the fittest men I know. He is sitting up and breathing on his own. Long term effects to him. Unknown. Long term effects of the covid vaccine. Unknown. I took my chances on a double Pfizer. I was trying to cut down on the possibility of a covid coma.

In around '71, a friend of mine gave me $50 to write his algebra exam at Uni. Of course I forgot all about that, until he stopped by to remind me. I was in the building where we were writing and had just finished one of my own. and then had dropped some acid. Didn't blink an eye. Just went on in and proceeded to pass that exam for him. But to take a drink while golfing and possibly screw up my game, not a chance.

I picked up a used set of Eye 2 + for $100 a couple winters ago. Got them for the nostalgia. Got them regripped with my golf pride mediums. I swap them out with my regular, newer set every few months just for the variety. Doesn't make much difference. I can triple bogey a hole using any club.

My wife broke her arm in three places in august. I slipped on the ice in November and landed on my right shoulder, injuring all that rotator cuff stuff. We are both still doing our exercises and both are back golfing three times a week. Just thankful that at 68/69 we are still swinging and still walking.

Because of covid, I have chosen to stay away from driving ranges. Just my choice. But kept up with indoor super slo swings all through the winter. Sometimes 50, usually 10-20 swings, daily. Its really helping me know and keep , where my club face is at impact. Just concentrating on the basics. Been out this season maybe 8 times. 6 9's and 2 18's. The last two rounds, feeling like the rust is off. Managed 6 over on the last 9. My only goal, to eliminate triples and strategically manage doubles. and try to turn my brain off when I'm setting up and hitting

This covid situation has shown me that society sure has different differing attitudes today. We vote for public officials to make decisions, which we don't want to make. Then we complain when they make decisions that are based on facts we have never seen in our lifetimes. This covid thing is a real shit storm. Its not like the flu, kills more, spreads like wildfire, screwing up health care in developed countries, decimating highly populated non developed countries. IMHO-there is no right way, covid's here to stay Thank goodness Golf is allowed. Stay safe/stay well

I'm an 18. I try to play the same ball until I run out. I seem to "think" by playing the same ball I will get consistent results, assuming the same strike. Which as an 18, doesn't happen as often as say a 5. Last season decided to use all the non broken balls I have collected over the past 9 years. Handicap reduced by 4 or 5 points. Broke 90 for the first time. Don't think it had anything to do with the ball used. I "think" it had to do with better ball striking and better course management. I did notice tho, an expensive ball vs a cheaper ball-sinks equally as fast and when in the woods, hides just as well.

Seems pretty obvious, I'll never be that booking guy. I'm asked to do this for customer groups at work. PITA. Its like herding cats. I book one round with some workmates, annually. Never ending changes and non commitment. I book once a year with in-laws for the annual golf trips. PITA. Cat herding.

Damn, I thought swing thoughts were difficult. I think I'd be booking for the times I want, letting the guys know, and golf with whoever shows up.

During the winter months, I go to golf town on Sunday afternoons and putt for half an hour while my better half shops. I have no intention of buying, just try every left handed 34 inch putter that fits my eye. Putting at golf town on a Sunday afternoon has overcome any nervousness I ever had about putting with strangers. You are dealing with folks trying to use the balls you are using, three year olds running past you and the "pros" trying the latest SC, but can never sink a putt. Its really taught me how to tune everything out. and my putting has improved.

I'm ok with bad shots. My goal is to remember to not follow a bad shot with a stupid shot, in an effort to recover the distance. Stupid shots make doubles and triples.